Pillow Talk (1959)
Pillow Talk (1959)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Doris Day
Jan Morrow
Rock Hudson
Brad Allen
Tony Randall
Jonathan Forbes
Thelma Ritter
Alma
Nick Adams
Tony Walters
Julia Meade
Marie
Allen Jenkins
Harry
Marcel Dalio
Pierot
Lee Patrick
Mrs. Walters
Mary McCarty
Nurse Resnick
Alex Gerry
Dr. A.C. Maxwell
Hayden Rorke
Mr. Conrad
Valerie Allen
Eileen
Jacqueline Beer
Yvette
Arlen Stuart
Tilda
Perry Blackwell
Perry
Robert B. Williams
Mr. Graham
Muriel Landers
Moose Taggett
William Schallert
Hotel Clerk
Karen Norris
Miss Dickenson
Lois Rayman
Jonathan's Secretary
Don Beddoe
Mr. Walters
Leoda Richards
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Carriage Driver
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Milton Carruth
Editor
Arthur E. Arling
Director of Photography
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
Michael Gordon
Director
Russell Rouse
Story
Clarence Greene
Story
Stanley Shapiro
Screenplay
Maurice Richlin
Screenplay
Dorothy Hughes
Script Supervisor
Martin Melcher
Producer
Ross Hunter
Producer
Solly Martino
Props
Tom Ouellette
Gaffer
Rosamonde Lytele
Wardrobe Master
Sol Lake
Songs
Robert Pritchard
Sound
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Elsa Doran
Songs
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration
Henri Jaffa
Other
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Details.
Release DateOctober 7, 1959
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Budget$1,600,000
Box Office$18,750,000
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Pillow Talk is a 1959 American romantic comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Michael Gordon and starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The supporting cast features Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio and Lee Patrick. The film was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro, and Clarence Greene.
It tells the story of Jan Morrow (Day), an interior decorator, and Brad Allen (Hudson), a womanizing composer and bachelor, who share a telephone party line. When she unsuccessfully files a complaint on him for constantly using the line to woo his conquests, Brad decides to take a chance on Jan by masquerading as a Texas rancher, resulting in the two falling in love. The scheme seems to work until Brad's mutual friend and Jan's client Jonathan Forbes (Randall) finds out about this, causing a love triangle in the process.
According to a "Rambling Reporter" (August 28, 1959) item in The Hollywood Reporter, RKO originally bought the script by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in 1942, but since it was not produced, the writers bought it back in 1945. In 1947, they sold it as a play, but bought it back once again four years later, finally selling it in 1958 to Arwin Productions, the company owned by Doris Day's husband, Martin Melcher. Although the film was originally titled Pillow Talk, according to a February 2, 1959 "Rambling Reporter" item in The Hollywood Reporter, the title "displeased" the PCA, and was changed to Any Way the Wind Blows. In August 1959, however, the original title was reinstated.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Doris Day), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.This is the first of three romantic comedies in which Day, Hudson, and Randall starred together, the other two being Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964).
Upon its release, Pillow Talk brought in a then staggering domestic box-office gross of $18,750,000 and gave Rock Hudson's career a comeback after the failure of A Farewell to Arms two years earlier.
On July 14, 1980, Jack Martin reported on Pillow Talk as "biggest hit of 1959".
In 2009, it was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and preserved.